Under an agreement signed between Air Liquide and Exxonmobil, Air Liquide will develop and operate four large modular air separation units for Exxonmobil’s planned low-carbon hydrogen project in Baytown, Texas, USA. With this project, Air Liquide will offer low-carbon oxygen and nitrogen to Exxonmobil.

Under a MOU signed between LG Chem and Reifenhäuser, both the companies will work together to establish competitive Machine Direction Oriented-PE films for sustainable packaging. With this, the parties aim to produce recyclable films at competitive costs.

Nextchem has recently launched its new high-tech engineering center – NX Engineering District in Catania, Sicily, Italy. The new center in Catania will employ more than 200 highly skilled engineers and technicians to develop technological solutions for the energy transition.

Ohmium along with the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Breathe Applied Sciences, and Spirare Energy will work together to develop India’s first CO2-to-Green Methanol plant.

VNG and Hycc have plans to develop an electrolyzer in order to produce green hydrogen in Lutherstadt Wittenberg, Germany. The project aims to help decarbonize industries in the region.

Rockwell Automation and Microsoft have got together under an expanded strategic collaboration to revolutionize industrial transformation. Under this partnership, both the firms will provide manufacturing customers with advanced cloud and AI solutions that deliver powerful data insights, streamline operations and enhance scalability – driving operational efficiency and sustainable growth across the industry.

Claimed to be Europe’s largest petrochemical investment in 20 years, the Olefin III project by PKN Orlen in Plock, Poland will be using ABB’s control and advanced automation systems to optimize production and energy efficiency at the site. The solutions will also help the firm to reduce CO2 emissions by 30 percent per ton of product.

Clariant has upgraded its portfolio of syngas catalysts with the new Plus series. Reformax LDP Plus, Shiftmax 217 Plus, and Amomax 10 Plus catalysts have been launched over the past five years. The new catalysts have been designed as drop-in solutions with an aim to improve plant economics and reduce carbon emissions.

Yara and Petrobras have entered into a non-binding Master Agreement following a MOU which was signed between both the firms in early 2024. With this move, the companies will jointly finalize the analysis on the potential synergies between their operations, to increase efficiencies in the local fertilizer and industrial products market.

Exxonmobil and LG Chem have agreed to a multiyear offtake agreement for up to 100,000 metric tons of lithium carbonate. The lithium will be supplied from Exxonmobil’s planned project in the U.S. to LG Chem’s cathode plant in Tennessee, which is expected to be the largest of its kind in the U.S.